Recent content by Lauren4868

This thread has become so much more than I imagined. I appreciate the stories being shared and the advice/support going around. I read it all and it makes raising/caring for chickens a little easier. I, like alot of people have found homes for roosters that we couldn't keep and even then, it...

You're correct in saying it's just their nature. And nature is a cruel beast. The world of chickens seems to be the cruelest! You are horribly wrong when you say that I culled him today because he was "unwanted". He was wanted. He was loved. He was snuggled. He was my daughter's pride and joy...

I think you're right. I'm pretty new to all of this (4 years). I was just very caught off guard when we went from coop bliss to total chaos within a matter of 24 hours. This forum has provided me with so much knowledge. I hope that if anyone has a similar situation, they read this and proceed...

Update I want to start this by saying thank you to sourland for their advice. If there would have been a chance of creating a balanced coop again, the advice that I was given was the best way to approach this difficult situation when you want are motivated to keep multiple roosters...

I think you're right. I'm going to give that a try. I really would like to be able to keep both roosters. Fingers crossed! I'll be sure to update in a few weeks.

I thought about doing that but on a much smaller level... I was going to put the Cochin (younger fellow) in the crate inside of the run and let the head boy hang out with his ladies until nightfall. Once it was dark, I was going to put the Cochin back into the coop to sleep and hope that...

Thank you for your reply! It's so upsetting that I've had a happy and balanced coop for so many years.

Hello and thank you to anyone that reads this. I will try to make it short and sweet... Up until this week I had a flock of 18 chickens, 3 were roosters. My head rooster is an Easter Egger (4 yrs old) and the other 2 were Cochin brothers (3 yrs old). Everyone has gotten along very well over the...

I'm not seeing the gray in her eye but there is a peculiar ring inside of the pupil of the bad eye. I've been researching the hell out of it (Eggcessive you've been a great help to others on here!) LOL

If zooming in on the 'good eye' do you see a little distortion as well?

From afar the right pupil looks unaffected but zooming in on the picture looks as though there could be something going on as well. The edges aren't sharp and the colouration around the pupil looks like it may becoming distorted too. I've read a great deal on Marek's. One thing that I am...

These pictures are taken simultaneously today.

Cola came down with a respiratory illness a few months back. I brought her into the house and gave her VetRX. It was when she was in the house that I noticed the ocular issue. I thought she had been pecked in the eye and this was the result. She bounced back in a month and returned to the coop.

This is Cola. She is a 18 month old Crele Orpington. I bought her as a day old, along with a Cochin chick. The Cochin passed away at 8 months old. The vet came to my house, and took fecal sample. Everything came back negative. She was put on antibiotics but the vet couldn't figure out what was...